If you do a Google search on the word “mindfulness” you’ll find close to 6.5 million results. Safe to say you could spend the rest of the day reading through all of that and still have a lot left to ...

One of the most popular clinical conceptualizations of mindfulness which may be the best functional definition is Jon Kabat-Zinn’s 1999 definition: “paying attention in a particular way, on purpose, ...

In spiritual practice, the two “M” words, meditation and mindfulness, tend to blend, and although meditation is far more commonly practiced, mindfulness is important for Buddhists in particular.

I am on my way to a Mets game and my friend Ken asks, “What is mindfulness?” It’s not an uncommon question for me. It’s in my writing, my medical practice, the classes I lead, and my everyday life. So ...

Mindfulness—that feeling of being “in the moment” and intensely aware of your surroundings without being overwhelmed by them—is a state of mind that can help anyone, anywhere, and that includes the ...

Mindfulness is at risk of being oversold. When research of at best questionable relevance gets enthusiastic media treatment well in excess of what the actual data affords, especially when the coverage ...

A few summers ago during a weeklong vacation, I started playing a mind game. In the mornings, I would sit outside on a comfortable deck chair, surrounded by the shrill call of cicadas, and gaze across ...

STUART — Many people have heard the buzzword 'mindful' or the phrase 'be mindful,' but what does this mean exactly? Many research studies define mindfulness as a moment-to-moment awareness of one's ...